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 1436 FIFTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. Sess. 11. Cris. ssessts. mei. htg},Q,§§,,_,$’f C°“$’€S” Sec. 1639. The enactment of this code is not to affect or repeal any _ _ passed. ef- ,_ _ _ xw cm. act of Congress wh1ch may be passed between the date of this act and the date when this act is to go into effect; and all acts of Congress that may be passed hereafter are to have full effect as if passed after the enact— ment of this code, and, so far as such acts n1ay vary from or conflict with any provision contained in this code, they are to have effect as subsequent statutes and as repealing any portion of this act inconsistent therewith. m;{{·<’£¤1·:\%0¥;t of 533; Sec. 1640. Nothing in the repealing clause of this code contained rents. ’  shall be held to affect the operation or enforcement in the District of Columbia of the common law or of any Br1t1sh statute in force in Maryland on the twenty-seventh day of February, eighteen hundred and one, or of the principles of equity or adm_1ralty, or of any general statute of the United States not locally inapplicable in the District of Columbia or by its terms applicable to the District of Columbia and to other places under the jurisdiction of the United States, or of any municipal ordinance or regulation, except in so far as the same may be inconsistent with, or is replaced by, some provision of this code. O,,1;,*f,f;f‘*°i°¤°fP’*°’ Sec. 1641. All offenses committed and all penalties or forfeitures incurred in the District prior to the date on which this code is to take effect may be prosecuted and punished in the same manner and with the same effect as if this code had not been enacted. c ,,*,`;l<‘,*{<;f,ObI*§;{§d gt Sec. 1642. lVhere any action or.proceeding by the provisions of chapter —ll,Ietc. chapter forty-one of this code would be barred at the time it goes into A'""p‘m9‘ effect, or within one year thereafter. which would not be so barred by prior laws, such action or proceeding may be brought or instituted within such period of one year, anything in said chapter to the contrary notwithstanding. Approved, March 3, 1901, March 3, 1901. CHAP. 855.-jAn Act To extend the provisions of section eight of the Act entitled ‘‘ ‘`““ "An Act to repeal timber-culture laws, and for other purposes," approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, concerning prosecutions for cutting timber on public lands, to California, Oregon, and Washington. _ Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Rqm·e.se12tc¢t2'»t·e.s of the United ,,,,{§$,F;"g,“},,,§§_ “‘“b‘°" States of Avnemca an Ocngress assembled, That section eight of the Act What sumcienc de- entitled "An Act to repeal l'J1]Db€1'-CU.ltl11"€ laws, and for other purfense to tlmbéf d€P· 77 • ·, · reliance suits nicer- poses, approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety-one, as ‘”$g{f·2gl,{;’,‘I§i*§{,‘g§_§,§§g,,_ amended by an Act approved March third, eighteen hundred and ninety- one, chapter five hundred and fifty-nine, page ten hundred and ninety- three, volume twenty-six, United States `tatutes at Large, be, and the gg agg1{{9;$?I;gQ(j§· same is hereby, amended as follows: After the word “Nevada," in ’ said amended Act, insert the words “C&l1fOl’l1l{l., Oregon. and Vllashington." Approved, March 3, 1901. i March 3,1901. CHAP. 856.-An Act Authorizing and directing the Secretary of the Interior to ··;r·—··;‘ issue a patent to the heir or heirs of one Tawamnoha, or Martha Crayon, conveying to them certain lands in the State of North Dakota, confirming certain conveyances thereof, and for other purposes. . Be it enacted by the Senate and Hcrztse 0 f R%;¢·esentatz'ce.s· 0 f the United C°¤"€>'·*¤°€*°h°’“ States of Avnerzca an Congress assembled, at the Secretary of the of Tawamnoha, or, . . · . ~ Minnie Cray0rg_ of Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, upon due proof §§;§*Q.,,,t{“,§‘,§° ,,§§§E;€ of the death of one Tawamnoha, or Martha Crayon, an Indian woman, ized- late of the Devils Lake Sioux Indian Reservation. and due proof of